My Camera Collection – 2nd Edition

I thought I would share my camera collection. New additions are added at the bottom! Each set includes a photo of the camera with an unedited sample photo (if available). This is the second version of this list, with updated photographs.

My Camera Collection

This was my grandfather’s camera. Story goes he actually upgraded after purchasing this camera (my uncle has the upgrade) and passed this one on to his father. Eventually, the camera returned to its original owner when my GGrandfather ‘didn’t need it anymore’ and then to my mum for the same reason. Thankfully she still ‘needs it’, but chose to pass it on to me early. I’m looking forward to using it.

(Sample photo taken with one of the filters.) Played with this quite a bit. I love this little guy. The photos are actually better than ‘promised’… which I was kind of disappointed at. Why use instagram when you can use this? This is classed as a toy camera. I want more of these. Have a toy camera you want to get rid of? gimmie! :)

I purchased this camera for my trip to Australia. I wanted an underwater camera for the Great Barrier Reef. I also wanted to bring a video camera with me, just in case, but didn’t want to add even more to the gear I was taking. I chose this in particular for some of the other features like time lapse.

I got this camera after returning from Australia. I went in to buy a new 18-55mm kit lens to replace the one for my D40 that broke and came out with this D3200 (with the 18-55mm kit lens I needed), a 50mm f/1.8 lens, and Lightroom 5. Oops. :) I love this camera. BIG upgrade from the D40. Night shots on this are amazing, even handheld. Pictured with that Nikon 50mm f/1.8 prime lens. It broken in Cape Breton in the summer of 2016. It still shoots, so I managed with it until I just couldn’t anymore. I still use it from time to time.

This is a ‘model’/kit that I had to build. It actually sat in my closet for a couple of years until I had a whim to finally build it. It took about 3 hours. I plan to take this out and play with it after my trip to Nicaragua. I put a few shots of the build at the bottom of this post. Check out photos of the build here. ***First try with the camera. Need to work on focusing, clearly.

I usually only purchase cameras that I can use. This was an exception, although I did buy some of the film as well. Unfortunately, the nature of Polaroid film means you really can’t use expired film like you can with regular film. It’s a nice talking point though. It was still a good deal. It came with case, flash, bulbs, and a package of film, though it’s for cameras several decades younger than this. I did an unboxing video, a loading-the-film photo gallery.

This is an interesting half frame camera. And my most disappointing purchase. It is broken. I guess that’s why it’s so cheap. Also a good reason why I don’t usually buy battery-needing/electronic cameras).

While it’s not my first SLR (actual film SLR), it feels like it. Maybe because I technically do have multiple lenses for it, unlike the Prinzflex, as I’m able to use my digital lenses with it.

Kellogg’s Promo Microcam

Year: 1990’s

Film: 110

I decided I wanted a 110 camera again. (My first camera was a 110 camera and broken decades ago.) I searched through eBay and found loads of those skinny, rectangular cameras so much like my first. The others were just regular looking old cameras. Boring. Then I saw this one. I do like interesting things. It’s shown here loaded with film (the curvy bits on either side of white front). The film is held on with elastics because I find that it pops off. I use this one quite regularly, especially when I’m travelling. Haven’t had the money to develop any of the film yet, though!

After realizing I wouldn’t be able to use my Highlander folding polaroid camera, I wanted to find another folding camera that I could actually use. It didn’t take me long to find this one. I love it. It almost matches my Brownie! Used, but film not developed.

A friend picked this up for me at a thrift store. It looks super interesting. Bonus: there’s film in it with at least one photo taken. I love when cameras come with film in them! Wish a few more shots had been taken though. Rest of the film shot, waiting to develop.

Have never really been into collecting the old movie cameras – a lot harder to deal with than still cameras! But this was like $6, so…. yeah. I bought it. Sue me. (No, don’t actually do that!) And I got lucky because it’s 8mm which I believe is easier to find than the Super8.

Well, the D3200 broken in 2016 and by late spring 2017 I couldn’t handle shooting with it anymore, especially with the amount I do shoot. I bought this one to replace it, body only. It wasn’t meant to be a big jump, but it really is! The non-processed images are amazing, compared to the D3200. Pictured with the 18-55mm kit lens from the D3200, which is the camera used to take this guy’s portrait. I’d love to just carry it around everywhere with me, as I mentioned above, but it’s kinda big. You know, for a pocket.

A friend told me her friend bought a bunch of cameras at Value Village, so I went the next day. Bought this and the next three cameras there. I have a problem. At least I left some on the shelf! I’ve had an Olympus PEN on my want list for a while, so I’m happy to finally have one!
Sample photos shot with Ilford 100 black and white film and developed by me in the town’s new dark room.

4 thoughts on “My Camera Collection – 2nd Edition”

I love this truly impressive collection of cameras :)
What I liked in particular are the displayed photos you shot with some of the cameras; I would love to see that for each, especially the films that you have purchased alongside the camera; it’s an exciting thought and makes you wonder what kind of photo you’ll get. The blurred pic made me laugh, you could have told us that it was a ‘purposeful, artistic shot’… I would have believed you :)

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I'm a photographer & traveller based in Nova Scotia, Canada. I also enjoy science and history. Add a bit of Star Wars and cross stitch and you pretty much know what you'll see here. At the moment, my focus is architectural and abstract photography, with some event photography thrown in. I've appeared in several exhibitions. I look forward to sharing my photography with you!